binary system
Ones and zeros
A binary system consists of two interconnected parts operating together.
In astronomy, it's two stars orbiting a common center of gravity: Sirius is actually a binary system.
In computing and mathematics, the binary system uses only two digits—0 and 1—to represent all values, forming the foundation of digital technology.
More broadly, any framework with exactly two options or states: The political binary system leaves little room for third parties.
Small amount or portion
- byteDigital information unit
- ones and zerosBinary digits
- machine languageBinary instructions for processors
- booleanTrue-or-false valued
logic gate · digital · encoding · bitwise · two-state · on-off · true-false · hexadecimal
Curved celestial path
- stellarOf or like celestial bodies
- double starTwo stars orbiting together
- barycenterMutual orbit point
- accretionGrowth through external addition
bit
Small amount or portion
- byteDigital information unit
- ones and zerosBinary digits
- machine languageBinary instructions for processors
boolean · logic gate · digital · encoding · bitwise · two-state · on-off · true-false · hexadecimal · ASCII
orbit
Curved celestial path
- stellarOf or like celestial bodies
- double starTwo stars orbiting together
- barycenterMutual orbit point
- gendergender, male, female, masculine, feminine
- systemsecosystems, nervous system, computer system, immune system, circulatory system
- number systemsdecimal, octal, hexadecimal, Roman numerals, Arabic numerals
- gravitational wavesVirgo, interferometer, strain, waveform, detector
- Leibnizmonad, monads, sufficient reason, theodicy, apperception
- Novaenova, supernova, hypernova, kilonova
binary systemspectrum
Continuous range of values
continuum · analog system · gradient · non-binary · sliding scale
nonbinary, binary, binary star, binaries, binary code, binary systems, binary digit